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The Republican National Committee is considering sanctioning the GOP presidential primary debates and then selling the broadcast rights to news outlets, two Republicans with knowledge of the idea tell CNN.

The proposed reductions fall short of the $100 billion in cuts Republicans campaigned for last fall but represent substantial hits to various programs including law enforcement, NASA, the EPA and arts funds.

Supporters are organizing early, they say, to prevent what happened last year, when several Tea Party candidates split the vote in primaries.

Republicans say the choice of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan to deliver the party's response to the State of the Union address signals the GOP's commitment to deficit reduction. The Wisconsin lawmaker was a member of President Obama's bipartisan fiscal commission, but voted against its recommendations.WASHINGTON – Republicans have tapped Wisconsin Rep.

After being left for dead in the wake of the 2008 election, Republicans staged a stunning comeback over the past year.

Michael Steele's chances of keeping his job as RNC chairman are slipping away, GOP officials say.

The 2012 presidential race may be off to a slow start - not a single Republican has announced his (or her) intentions to run - but aspiring GOP pols are falling all over themselves to get into Senate races nationwide.

Republicans in the House have blocked a bill that would have extended jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed beyond the holiday season.

One of the most important and underreported results of the midterms was the GOP picked up at least 675 state legislative seats.

Republicans' consolidation of power in state capitols is likely to expand the number of states that employ a far more limited, free-market-oriented approach to implementing the nation's new health-care law than the robust regulatory model favored by its supporters.